棒 (bàng): stick, club, cudgel
棒 (bàng) is a Chinese character meaning “stick.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 奉 (phonetic). It ranks #2230 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 棒 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- stick
- club
- cudgel
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 棒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棒棒糖 | bàng bàng táng | lollipop |
| 棒子 | bàng zi | stick |
| 冰棒 | bīng bàng | popsicle |
| 棍棒 | gùn bàng | club |
| 大棒 | dà bàng | big stick (policy etc) |
| 金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 棒槌 | bàng chuí | wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) |
| 指挥棒 | zhǐ huī bàng | baton |
| 铁棒 | tiě bàng | iron club |
| 棒冰 | bàng bīng | popsicle |
| 接力棒 | jiē lì bàng | relay baton |
| 电棒 | diàn bàng | (coll.) flashlight |
| 控制棒 | kòng zhì bàng | control rods |
| 撬棒 | qiào bàng | crowbar |
| 棒子面儿 | bàng zi miàn r | erhua variant of 棒子麵|棒子面[bang4 zi5 mian4] |
棒 appears in 82 compound words: 29 as the first character, 62 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 棒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这片森棒里生活着许多珍稀的野生动物。
zhè piān sēn bàng lǐ shēng huó zhe xǔ duō zhēn xī de yě shēng dòng wù .
This forest is home to many rare and endangered wildlife species.
...感谢柯建铭25年来始终站在第一线 完成交棒传承致上最高敬意
. . . gǎn xiè 柯 jiàn míng 2 5 nián lái shǐ zhōng zhàn zài dì yī xiàn wán chéng jiāo bàng chuán chéng zhì shàng zuì gāo jìng yì
... Thank you Ke Jianming for always standing on the front line for 25 years to complete the handover of the baton and inheritance, and I would like to express my highest respect
好消息!龙恩手肘伤势好转已开始挥棒 仍有望出战经典赛
hǎo xiāo xī ! lóng ēn shǒu 肘 shāng shì hǎo zhuǎn yǐ kāi shǐ huī bàng réng yǒu wàng chū zhàn jīng diǎn sài
Good news! Longen's elbow injury has improved and he has begun to swing the bat and is still expected to play in the classics
中国信托60周年 致敬棒球拚劲
zhōng guó xìn tuō 6 0 zhōu nián zhì jìng bàng qiú 拚 jìn
The 60th anniversary of China Trust pays tribute to the hard work of baseball
穿戴震动棒晚上一直穿会坏吗?这些使用注意事项要了解
chuān dài zhèn dòng bàng wǎn shàng yī zhí chuān huì huài ma ? zhè xiē shǐ yòng zhù yì shì xiàng yāo le jiě
Does wearing a vibrator all the time at night go bad? These precautions should be understood
低糖零食有哪些?魔芋爽、原味海苔、蛋白棒可以吗
dī táng líng shí yǒu nǎ xiē ? mó 芋 shuǎng , yuán wèi hǎi 苔 , dàn bái bàng kě yǐ ma
What are the low-sugar snacks? Can konjac cool, original seaweed, and protein bars be accepted?
你喜欢棒球到什么程度？
Nǐ xǐhuan bàngqiú dào shénme chéngdù?
To what degree are you interested in baseball?
你昨天打棒球了没有？
Nǐ zuótiān dǎ bàngqiú le méiyǒu?
Did you play baseball yesterday?
你是个很棒的画家，不是吗？
Nǐ shì gè hěn bàng de huàjiā, bùshìma?
You're a good painter, aren't you?
棒球到底哪里有意思？
Bàngqiú dàodǐ nǎlǐ yǒuyìsi?
What's so interesting about baseball?
Character Family
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